Spring One Plus Three

Spring One Plus Three___6x8 oil study on linen__$150 Click BLOG image to see thick details
The other day at my friend's ranch I was waiting for Robin to finish her work and grabbed just one more canvas to do this quick sketch. The "one" is the cow, and the "three" are the cattle egrets. I LOVE when the egrets accompany the livestock in the pastures, following closely to snatch up little bugs in the grass. It seems that the egrets on my old farm were more shy than these. These hung close to us all day, giving us opportunity for good sketching and good photos.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY To my oldest kiddo, DAVIE! I LOVE YOU!!

Green That Hurts

"Last Year...04-12-2007" 6 x 6 oil

The greens are at their peak this week...soon the grasses will seed out and the fields will be "white for harvest"....ever heard that phrase before??? Really, these green fields actually hurt the eye, and are hard to capture in paint...

upcoming events...

April 28. Benefit Auction of "Luz de Espada"...see blog post on April 10

May 4-6. Fallbrook , CA show "Reflections in Nature"

May 12. "Sunrise Saturday Workshop" , Rockport, TX

Last Year on the Farm - March 25

"Last Year....March 25".......6x8...........oil

I am not sure what ducks do this time of year, but whatever it is, they were doing it NOISILY this morning on the tank. I painted this at (cloudy) sunrise.

Last Year on the Farm____March 23

"Last Year on the farm" March 23, oil 6 x 8

A heavy sky today...promises rain, later. Just before stepping on the deck to paint I was opening the door and a HUGE buzzard swooped across the deck, just feet from me! He and his buddies floated above all the while I painted...cirlcling, perhaps? I guess they see the end near!

Our time is short here...Next week I will paint 24 in 24 hours...sign up at right if you want to see all 24. You'll get the art every day in an e-mail...no logging on...look at it and delete!

Last Year...Spring Breaks

"Last Year on the Farm - Spring Breaks"
This was March 13 2006....about the time I started painting our "Last Year on the Farm" seriously...It is fun to compare the seasons...these trees are only just turning green THIS week, but last year they were fully "leaved"...The greens are getting BRILLIANT after all the lightning storms we had this week!

Last Year....03-10-2005_________V....Vaughan

"Last Year on the Farm - March 10 2005
Look how GREEN it gets QUICKLY this time of year! I went back in my files to see what it looked like 2 years ago! Ah, the COWS!! If you remember, they were taken away on Jan 29th this year...Yesterday Nancy and Bobby, (Our aunt and uncle who do the real farming here) were beginning the work of taking down all the fences between the pastures and houses....I miss the cows.

Last Year 03-11-2006

"Last Year on the Farm 03-11-2006" oil 6 x 8

I began this series of our "Last Year on the Farm" last year at about this time....so, from now on, I will be filling in the days I missed. Our time here is really winding down now. We have a date in mid-April, for the developers to close the deal with us. Then we will be seriously looking for another place. So, if any of you know of a nice little spot of land in the Central Texas area that needs to be painted....let me know! We will probably be here through the hot summer months, which is my very favorite time to paint the farm. If you are new to my blog and want to know the story of "Last Year on the Farm" just e-mail me!